FERRARI 288 GTO

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So this would be the Brunei-registered (BM9988) car, without the red trim?
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DK Engineering was claiming ownership of that GTO on instagram today.

 

288 in black is not nearly as beautiful as in red.

 

Thanks for pointing that out.

Agreed.

Gr. Martin

 

The black RHD 288 GTO....does it seem more likely that someone has built a very convincing RHD GTO or that a RHD black car has emerged from Brunei? The car looks the part from most angles, which is a strong point in its favour being real, but RHD is odd. Anyone get a closer look or is there a photo of the interior that may help?

 

Agreed, the GTO has a very voluptuous yet shape, an attribute thats lost with a dark color.

 

Considering the car is owned by DK Engineering - or was brought to the event by them - I would say it's the Brunei car.

 

The 288 actually doesn't look too bad in Black.
or should I say:
The 288 looks actually pretty good in Black.

The difference between being an optimist and pessimist

 

55555:
Sorry to disagree.
Sold new 12 June 1985 by Garage Francorchamps SA to Jean Blaton in Belgium.
Sold by Blaton 24 January 1986 through Garage Francorchamps to a German resident in Korschenbroich (Nordrhein-Westfalen area, Germany). Later sold to Graber Automobile in Switzerland. In December 1988 it had 1'300 kms and was still with Graber. Early 1989 sold by Graber to Mr. R. F. in the greater Zurich area. In 2014 sold to Belgium.
I have all the original paperwork from Francorchamps.

Marcel Massini

 

Nice to see you again mister MASSINI

 

Pics of the red Brunei car (pre conversion) and blue one can be found here: Brunei Special Projects: the Ferrari 288 GTO - Paolo Garella

 

Another photo of the black car appeared on pistonheads today
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Thanks for the link. Pics of the blue car very interesting.

 

Thank you Marcel!

 

Found this on FB, looks amazing.
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Prefer the black with the red line down the side. That line to me is a distinguishing part of the body and helps draw out the curves and so should be in a contrasting colour

 

Spent some time with 55181. Here are some iphone photos.
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Thanks for sharing 55181 with us Gideon.

 

I agree.

In fact, all the non-original colors bestowed upon GTOs (yellow, black, silver, white, etc) only serve to underscore that the iconic shape of a GTO looks best in red!

I also note that several cars painted different colors post-production are now back to red.

The fact remains that every single GTO was completed in red originally, and perhaps this plays on the mind when considering other colors.

 

I see Tom Hartley jnr has just purchased a 288 gto with only 149 km.

Is that the lowest mileage car known.

 

Somewhere in the UK today, an amazing collection and possibly the best original GTO I have seen.
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Really? Are those scrapes on the bottom of the splitter??

A beaut nonetheless...

SV

 

First thing i noticed too. Could be the lighting